It's the Ten Continents again. It seems that the Ten Continents is a place with an extremely advanced level of cultivation.
Shi Xuan nodded and introduced himself: "Qian Yuan Continent, Lianfeng Sword Sect. It's best not to team up with us. Shi Xuan."
She paused, and before Ji Lie could speak, she suddenly shouted sharply, "Draw your sword!"
Ji Lie was stunned for a moment, seemingly not understanding what she meant.
It's best not to antagonize us? Is this a provocation?
Draw a sword? Draw what sword? He doesn't even have a sword...
A moment later, he realized that Xuan was actually challenging him to a duel without saying a word!
Realizing he had been so provoked, Ji Lie was furious. A cultivator at the seventh level of the Golden Core stage dared to challenge him, a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, to a duel! If he didn't accept the challenge today, he would become the laughingstock of the entire outer realm tomorrow!
Ji Lie, his anger rising, retorted, "Since that's how you are, then let's have a go!"
He waved to the team members behind him: "You all step back. Today, the two of us captains will settle this once and for all. The winner stays here, and the loser leaves immediately!"
Shi Xuan nodded: "Then it's decided!"
Behind Shi Xuan, the team members went about their business as usual. Chen Qi and Sun Shaoxing continued their formation maneuvers without stopping. Shen Wuyang, along with a few others who were looking on with amusement, watched the two people about to compete, showing no concern for their captain.
In contrast, the members of the Crimson Flame Team were well-trained. They took a few steps back in unison, and each of them cheered for their captain, saying things like "The captain will definitely win" to boost morale.
After expressing their concern, they looked at the other side and only sighed dismissively: "A disorganized mess."
The team members were dressed in all sorts of clothes and looked indifferent. They were obviously a team of new recruits who had been hastily put together and were like a disorganized mess.
For a team like this to come out like this, and yet their captain dares to overestimate himself and challenge their captain to a one-on-one duel? He's truly a fearless newborn calf! Their captain, Ji Lie, is ranked forty-fifth on the Prodigy Ranking!
You should know that those who make it into the top 100 of the Prodigy Ranking are all well-known, let alone those who make it into the top 50!
This floating island in the ice field could originally accommodate several teams hunting wind wolves simultaneously, but this did not include newcomers like them.
When Ji Lie came up, he thought they were just a bunch of rabble who would run away after being scared. Who would have thought that the captain was so fierce that he would start a fight at the slightest disagreement!
Then he'll teach her how to behave in the future! He refuses to believe that he, a peak Golden Core cultivator, could be afraid of a mere seventh-level Golden Core cultivator.
Although the team members had retreated, the arena was still too small for the two Golden Core cultivators to compete, so the two moved two miles to the side and came to the edge of an ice lake.
The area, including the ice surface, is very spacious and open, enough for the two of them to do their best.
Shi Xuan made a "please" gesture, then drew his sword and charged forward.
Ji Lie initially didn't take Shi Xuan seriously. Under normal circumstances, it would be easy for a peak Golden Core cultivator to defeat a seventh-level Golden Core cultivator.
But once they started fighting, Ji Lie realized that things weren't quite like that. This new captain was something else; her spiritual power was profound, far surpassing that of an ordinary seventh-level Golden Core cultivator!
Ji Lie immediately abandoned his contempt and focused all his energy on dealing with Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan had already mastered the Eighth Level of the Concealed Edge Sword Technique. Instead of continuing to improve, she refined her skills to perfection, perfecting the moves she had already learned.
Ji Lie was a fire-type mage. When Xuan Yi slashed down, he felt an overwhelming sword intent rushing towards him, which made him feel fearful for a moment. In that instant, he couldn't even remember his spells!
In the chaos, Ji Lie summoned a defensive artifact to block Shi Xuan's attack.
He never expected that the magic artifact he used to save his life would be forced out by a mere seventh-level Golden Core cultivator.
Everyone says that sword cultivators are strong in combat, but this is the first time he has directly experienced the combat power of sword cultivators.
This also ignited Ji Lie's fighting spirit. He took out his natal magic weapon, the Fire Fiend Staff, and poured a large amount of spiritual power into it.
The flames ignited by the Fire Fiend Staff suddenly blazed high into the sky.
"Explosive Flame Technique!"
With a roar from Ji Lie, he swung his Fire Fiend Staff, and a ball of fire with a long trail slammed into Shi Xuan.
Ji Lie lived up to his reputation as a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage; in that instant, the temperature of the entire ice field seemed to rise.
The firelight made Shi Xuan's face appear even brighter. She didn't panic at all. As the fireball appeared, she darted backward, and a layer of light rose around her. She managed to dodge most of Ji Lie's attack, and the remaining force was also blocked by her defensive aura, without causing any ripples.
This burst of flames was already Ji Lie's ultimate move. Seeing such a result, Ji Lie's eyes flashed, as if he couldn't believe it. She dodged it too easily!
His first attack failed, so he dodged Shi Xuan's attack and used the fireball spell again.
The two exchanged blows, their battle raging fiercely and relentlessly.
The battlefield shifted from the ground to mid-air, and then fell back onto the frozen lake.
Wherever it went, the sturdy trees growing in the extremely cold regions snapped and were destroyed by magic and sword energy.
The fireball landed on the fallen tree, igniting a great fire. In an instant, smoke and dust billowed up, and the light of swords and fire mingled together.
As Ji Lie fought, he felt increasingly uneasy. This female cultivator at the seventh level of the Golden Core realm seemed to be fighting him in a very strange way.
He found that the more he played, the more he felt like she was leading him. It was an indescribable feeling, as if... he was her sparring partner.
Every time he launched a fire spell attack, she was always able to dodge it immediately, but if he attacked her at close range, she would not dodge and would always block instead.
Shi Xuan hadn't fought anyone in a long time, so this was a good opportunity to practice his swordsmanship against this peak Golden Core cultivator.
Her senior brother has recently started criticizing her, saying that she neglects her studies, lacks ambition, and that her swordsmanship is even deteriorating.
She accepted it very humbly, and incidentally gave him an extra hundred spirit stones in interest.
Now that he had encountered a worthy opponent, Shi Xuan naturally wanted to take this opportunity to fight for a while longer. Ji Lie's feeling was correct; Shi Xuan was indeed using him as a sparring partner.
She could have won much earlier, but she's been fighting for so long.
But by this time, he had practiced enough, and even made some progress in the Sacred Bone Technique, so Shi Xuan decided to stop.
She tossed the Concealing Edge Sword aside, and it automatically used the Concealing Edge Sword Technique. Shi Xuan then took out the Puppet Sword and launched two talismans and three pills at Ji Lie.
For a time, Ji Lie was caught off guard and in a flurry of activity.
He finally realized that Shi Xuan was just teasing him!
They didn't use these tactics during their fierce battle just now, but now that they've had their fill, they want to end the fight!
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